All of the Canadian youtubers that I watch pronounce the letter z as “zi”, as is done in the United States. However, I have read online that it is more common for Canadians to pronounce it as “zed”, as is done in the United Kingdom. Is this a regional thing? How do you pronounce the letter z?
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for my family, it’s very much Zed. jay zed, zed zed top,
Zed, unless its part of a person/product name where its specifically Zee, like Jay-Zee. Otherwise, it’s Gen Zed.
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I used to not care about this at all, but recently I am adamant about using zed. Similarly, I go out of my way to use the non-American spelling for any words that have it.
both, and i never bother to correct myself, or give it any consideration.
I also say both and have no idea which one is going to come out of my mouth until it’s said.
This is the best answer.
Zed
Gen Zed
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Zed
American here, can’t believe so many of you guys are saying zed.
Canadian here and I can’t believe but either. I hear Zee most of the time so much that Zed sticks out. Ibalso never hear Zedbra but always zeebra.
Canadian English is influenced somewhat by Canadian French. This can be seen in words such as “Supper” (souper) and a drugstore being called a “Pharmacy” (Pharmacie).
Other examples include “toque”, “dépanneur”/ “dep”, “on special” (on sale), “metro”, “pass the vacuum”, etc.
Zed ad absurdum.
E-zed sharpener. Eee Zed Money. That sort of thing.
Drives everyone crazy, especially if it’s a Canadian or Commonwealth product.
I am Canadian I say Zed. Plus it’s fun to watch americans lose it when I say Zed Zed Top (heehee).
Fun fact about ZZ Top. Consists of two guys famously sporting long iconic beards and one who is not. The one who is not, his name is Frank Beard.
But that totally makes sense. Would have been two guys with a beard and one with two otherwise.
clears throat
why why zee
leaves promptly
Omg, I actually do think and say it this way. Why Why Zed sounds wrong :(
why are you saying why twice in a row?
YYZ is the name of a popular instrumental song by Rush and also the airport code for Toronto Pearson.
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Like many things, it depends. I’m curious about the context where you’re actually hearing YouTubers say the letter.
It’s usually “zed” and we’re taught it as “zed” in school - at least when i was a kid.
If I’m spelling something it is Zed. I don’t think I’ve ever said Zee in that context.
The alphabet ends with Zee when singing it, due to the rhyme with Vee (and probably Sesame Street).
In my head I will say Nissan Zee for a Z type car. Though if I was to speak the phrase “Nissan Z type” I would say Zed.
When it is used in online slang (GG EZ) it is “Zee” for “easy”.
ZZ Top is Zee Zee Top. Zorro draws a Zed. Things are Zed-shaped, not Zee-shaped in general.
Another common one for me that I didn’t even notice for a while was Gen-Z, which I will always say “jenzi”. Zed sounds unacceptable there, even though I say zed in most other cases besides those you’ve outlined.
Yeah another one I thought of is XYZ
For me it’s Zed-axis, but Ecks-Why-Zee coordinates.
It’s Eee zed Pea zed!
Lemon squee zed
I have always said it as “easy peasy”
They were joking. No one says easy peazed.
It’s a Camaro “Zed” 28
But the alphabet it’s X, Y, “Zee”
X, Y, Zed
Nah, you can’t fuck up the rhyming in the alphabet song
What are you talking about? Zed rhymes with Ved.
